As Members of Congress, we should not be using public office for private gain.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Public office must not be a means to profit or become rich.
If you don't like public service, don't run for office.
I'm not one of the people who have to be in public office.
I didn't intend to run for public office. I didn't really think about it.
We don't need unelected federal agency bureaucrats in Washington telling our states what they can and can't do with respect to protecting their limited taxpayer dollars in private enterprises.
No man should be in public office who can't make more money in private life.
At the end of the day, there's not an office complex anywhere on these grounds that I wouldn't be honored to have as a sitting member of Congress.
Public office is supposed to be a public trust. This is a clear sign of the rampant corruption at the highest levels of the Republican leadership.
Private monopolies run by special interests should not get to raise taxes and set regulatory policy for the United States.
We've got to figure out a way that we give a private sphere for our public leaders. We're not gonna get the best people in public life if we don't do that.